Machine foe cutting welts fob shoes



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHS. ROGERS, OF EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING WELTS FOR SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,481, dated May 29, 1849.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES ROGERS, of East Bridgewater, in the countyof Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulor Improved Machine for Splitting Leather Into Velts; and I do herebydeclare that the same is fully described and represented in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, letters, figures, andreferences thereof.

Of the said drawings Figure 1, denotes a top view of my said machine.Fig. 2, is an elevation of one end of it. Fig. 3, is a transverse andvertical section of it. Fig. 4, is a longitudinal and vertical sectionof it taken through the strip holder to be hereinafter described.

In the said drawings A, represents the bed or base block of the machine,which is formed or made with a deep groove B, extending through itlengthwise, and of a transverse section to correspond with that of thestrip holder c, which is placed in it, and made to slide into and out ofit. The said strip holder is composed of a thin strip of iron or metal,having its lower part a, bent at right angles to the rest or part 5,'the same being for the purpose of preventing the strip holder fromrising upward while in its groove B, or while being drawn out of it. Oneend of the strip holder is provided on its upper edge with several burs,or hooks, or projections, c, c, for the purpose of confining the holderto the strip of leather, while the latter is being drawn by the former,under and against the cutting knife E, which consists of a bladeA orknife placed at the proper inclination to the upper surface of the blockA. That is to say the cutting edge is so arranged that when the end ofthe strip of leather is brought or drawn against it by the holder itwill cut it diagonally into two equal parts.

On the upper surface of the block A, and parallel with one side of thestrip holder, is a guide ledge F, which is so placed as to allow oneedge of the leather to restand move against it, during the time theleather is being divided. Directly over said ledge,

and extending across the path of the leather, is a strong spring plateG, which is secured to the bed A, by screws d, d, passing respectivelythrough arms e, e, which are bent around fro-m, and below the plate. Ascrew I, is inserted and fixed in the base block, and passes up throughthe said spring plate, and has a winged nut H, applied to its upper endand made to bear (when screwed down) against a Washer g, placed on theupper part of a stiifener or turn button shaped piece of wood it, whichis placed on the upper surface of the spring. A small set screw isplaced in the block, andl under the spring gage G, for the purpose ofsustaining the spring. A at plate spring L, is fastened to the upperpart of the block, below the path of the leather, and made to extenddirectly underneath the gage spring, the said spring plate beingconfined down to the block by two screws as seen at L, i. In order topreserve the correct position of theleather while passing toward, andunder the operation-of the cutting' knives, a long piece' of metal M, isscrewed to the top of the block A, and is placed out of parallelism withthe guide ledge F, (as seen in Fig. l) and in the same horizontal planeVwith it. The outer end of the strip holder is provided with a handle,or is bent around into a circular or elliptical shape, as seen in Fig.1, the same being to permit a person to apply his hand to the stripholder with a firm grasp, sufficient to enable him to draw the strip ofleather against the knife with the force necessary to sever it into twoequal parts or welt-s.

In the use of my machine one end of a piece or strip of leather isfastened to the burs or projections of the strip holder by being pressedor hammered down upon them. The workman next lays hold of the handle ofthe strip holder, and pulls on it so as to bring or draw the extremeadvancing end of the leather against the cutting edge of the knife, andso as to cause the knife to enter the leather, and, as he continues topull, sever it longitudinally into two equal parts or welts.

By my machine the leather is supported on its tWo opposite sides Whilebeing Cut, l spring support plate L, and ledge F, the and besides thisit is supported and guided Whole forming a machine for manufacturing onone edge by the guide ledge. Welts, substantially as above specified.

The employment of the strip holder en- In testimony whereof I havehereto Set my 5 'ables me to make a very simple and effective signaturethis eighth day of May, A. D. 15

machine, one which can readily be brought 1849.

Within the means of most cordvvainers. CHARLES ROGERS.

What I claim as my invention is-f Witnesses: The combination of thestrip holdeil With AARON HOBART,

' 10 the knife, base blook, spring gage plate G, THOMAS ROGERS.

